Weather-excluding means



April 21, 1925.

J. H. BOURGON WEATHER EXCLUDING MEANS Filed July 28, 1923 INVENTOR Josep/9 50a/yan ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITEDr STATES 1,534,498 PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. BOURGON, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGNOE rro THE s'rUnEBAKEE COE POEATION, OE soU'rH BEND, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY. I

WEATHER-EXCLUDING MEANS.

Application led July 28, 1923. Serial No. 654,496.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH I-I. BoURGoN, a subject of George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Teather-Excluding Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to closures for openings, such, for example, as closures for doors and windows in automobiles, carriages and the like, and has for its object to lprovide means to prevent rain, snow and other elements from entering the chamber formed in the body when the closure is placed in closed position..

A further object is to provide a resilient strip of material between the closure and the body to compensate for varying distances between the closure and the body.

'A further object is to provide a resilient strip of material which may be securedin the chamber formed in the body and whlch is adapted to form a weather excluding means between the body and lower edge of the. closure when the window is in closed position.

A further object is to provide a weather strip of novel construction which may be used as a weather excluding means between mating surfaces.

A still further object is to provide a resilient material such. for instance, as rubber which has a plurality of extending split flexible elements adapted to compensate for irregularities in mating surfaces.

Further objects and objects relating to details of manufacture and construction will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow, in which Figure I is a perspective view of a door` showing the closure in partially closed posi- 131011'.

Figure II is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line II'-II of Figure I, but showing the closure in extended position.

Figure III is a fragmentary perspective view of the resilient weather strip.

Like reference numerals, refer to like parts throughout the several views and the' sectional view is taken looking in the direction of the arrows at the end of the section line.

Referring to the drawing, the door 1 is provided with side rails 2 and a top rail 3. An opening 4 is formed in the door which maybe closed by a glass or other means 5, the side edges of which are adapted to slide in ways 6 formed in the side rails 2. The glass or closure may be raised and lowered by any convenient meansas, for example, a lever 7 Operated by a handle (not shown) the lever having a roller 8 mounted at its outer end and adapted to ride on a U-shaped binding strip 9 secured along the lower edge of the glass 5. An angle bar 10 is secured by spot welding or other means to the U- shaped member 9, the lower flange of which is adapted to extend below the roller 8 and to `contact with the same when it is desired to lower the window. In raising the window the' roller 8 contacts with, or rides on, the U-shaped member 9 to assist in raising the window. Y

The door 1 is provided with a horizontal cross-frame member 11 on its outer side, which may have any suitable covering 12, such as sheet metal or aluminum, the edge 13 of which extends beyond and inwardly from the upper edge of the crossframe member 11. To present a smooth and finished appearance the inwardly extending portion 13 may have its tree end rolled and returned on itself as indicated at 14. The U-shaped strip 9 on the lower edge of the glass 5 is provided with a rolled edge or extending portion 15 which extends on that side of the glass adjacent the extended portion 13 of the door covering, for al purpose which will hereinafter be described.

A weather strip 16 formed of rubber or other suitable material has a body portion 17 and a plurality of flexible projections 18 extending inwardly from the upper edge of the body portion 17. The weather strip 16 may be secured to the frame member 11 by screws or other suitable means 19 and is secured in such position that the upper edge of the upper flexible projection 18 will lie against the under Vsurface of the turned edge portion 14 of the door covering 12. The flexible inwardly extending proections 18 of the weather strip 16 are 4preferably so formed that their vertices are spaced apart until such time as pressure is applied against these projections to force their mating surfaces together. As the weather strip .16 is placed directly beneath the projection 13, it will be seen that as the window is elevated to its closed position the projection or rolled edge 15 extending from the U-shaped binding strip 9 on the lower edge of the glass will contact with and force the lower distending 4projection 18 agains.J the upper projection extending from the weather strip, thus closing the space between their vertices j and fill the gap left between the extending opening regardless of such shape.

From the foregoing description this dej vice should be readily understood, the projection 13 on the door covering 12 is adapted to extend inwardly from the cross-member 11 to a point adjacent the side of the glass or closure 5. When the glass is raised to a vclosed position the extension 15 provided on the binding or wear strip 9 at the lower edge of the glass is extended to a position slightly removed from the projection 13. The above weather strip having its body portion secured to the frame cross-member and its flexible diverging projections adapted to lie between the projections 13 and 15 and be squeezed or forced together to form a tight joint and seal the opening between these projecting portions. A chamber is formed in the door within which the closure rests when in its lowered or open position, and this weather strip will not only prevent water or other substances from entering the chamber so formed, when the glass is raised to closed position, but will also prevent rattle of the closure.

While I have shown and described a weather strip as being applied to an automobile door and adapted to exclude the elements of the weather andcompensate for irregularity in mating surfaces of the relative parts, it is to be understood that this weather strip may be used where found desirable, and where convenient to apply the same. I also wish it to be understood that the drawing and description is only for the purpose of illustration and I do not wish my invention confined to the precise details of construction shown and described herein, but I do wish this invention interpreted broadly, as well as specifically, and herewith confine myself` to only such limitations as are pointed out in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I wish to claim and secure by Letters Patent 1s .1, In l.a device .0f the class described, a

frame having av projection thereon forming a finish for an opening therein, a slidablcI closure for said opening, a projection on said closure, and a resilient weather strip between lsaid projections on said, frame and closure, said weather strip comprising :i body portion and a plurality of projections thereon, said projections contacting with said projections on said frame and closure and with each other when said closure is in closed position.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame having a projection thereon forming \a finish for an opening therein, a slidable closure for said opening, aprojection on said closure, and a resilient weather strip between said projections on said frame and closure, said weather strip comprising a body portion and a plurality o f extending projections thereon having the greatest sectional areas at their bases, said projections contacting with said projections on said frame and closure and with each other when said closure is in closed position.

3. In a weather strip, a body portion, and a projection extending therefrom, said projection comprising a plurality of distending members of diminishing cross sectional area adapted for movement relative to each other, to contact with each other to provide weather excluding means.

4. In a weather strip, a body ortion, and a projection at one end thereofp comprising a plurality of substantially V-shaped members whose vertices are normally spaced apart when in inoperative position to provide a V-shaped groove between said members, the inner faces of said members being adapted tocontact with each other when in operative position.

5. In a weather strip, a body portion, and a plurality of distending projections of diminishing cross sectional area extending therefrom and at an angle thereto, the vertices of said projections being normally spaced apart, when in inoperative position and contacting when in operative position.

6. In a closure for windows and the like, the combination of a frame member having a projection at its upper edge, a slidable closure having a projection adjacent its lower edge, and a resilient member having a body portion secured to said frame member and a plurality of projections extending from said body portion, one of said projections on said resilient-member contacting with a face of the projection on said frame and the other of said projections being adapted to contact with the projection on said closure to close the opening between said frame and closure when said closure is in closed position.

7. In a closure for windows and the like, the combination of a frame member, a projection on said frame member, a s ldable closure, a projection .on said closure, and a -resilient member secured to said frame memsaid closure and adapted to close the opening between said last named' projections when said closure is in closed position.

S. In a door having a frame and an opening therein, a projection on said frame extending inwardly therefrom, a slidable closure for said opening, a member surrounding the lower edge of said closure and havinga projection thereon, a resilient strip havmg a body portion and a plurality of projections extending from one end thereof, one of said projections on said resilient strip resting against the projection on said closure 2O when said closure is in closed position.

9. In combination, a -frame having an opening therein, a closure for said opening, a projection on said frame and said closure, and a Weather strip comprising a body portion and a plurality of iiexible elements eX- tending between said projections on said frame and said closure, one of said flexible elements being normally out of engagement with said projection on said closure when said closure is in open position, the other of said flexible elements normally contacting With said projection on said frame, said ilexible elements being adapted to contact with and fill the; opening between said projections on said frame and closure when said closure is in closed position.

Signed by me at Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A. this 21st day of July, 1923.

JOSEPH H. BOURGON. Witnesses: HoDcsoN S. PIERCE,

DONALD B. WAITE. 

